La Prensa San Diego

Wide open spaces and fresh air are pretty much foreign concepts to most Latino families who live in cramped urban areas or suburban neighborhoods with postage stamp-size yards, where pollution from car emissions or nearby factories are just facts of life — and far away from any national park. In fact, because of safety and [...]

“Sufismo: Mística musulmana originada en Persia” Por: Paco Zavala Inauguran extraordinaria exposición pictórica denominada “Ritmo Sufi: Variaciones de un mismo tema/ Variations on Sufi Thems” que presenta el artista iraki Adeeb Maki Jasim, el próximo viernes 27 de enero, a las 19:00 horas, en la Galería de la ciudad en el Palacio de la Cultura [...]

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundationin its La Jolla location from February 5, 2012 to May 13, 2012. John Baldessari is one of the most influential artists working today. A native of National City, Calif., Baldessari has [...]

By Michael Klam For almost 30 years now, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza of Culture Clash have delivered on-stage history and civics lessons disguised as madcap anarchy. Their particular brand of comedic social commentary has left audiences revolving from uproarious laughter to contemplation of pressing social problems. The performance troupe draws its inspiration [...]

Por: Paco Zavala Ha llegado la época navideña, temporada en la que se proclama felicidad, reconciliación, diversión, recuerdos, nostalgias y tantas emociones vinculadas con esta fecha tan significativa para los creyentes de las diversas corrientes religiosas provenientes del cristianismo. En este contexto en días pasados se exhibió en el Centro Cultural Tijuana un documental dirigido [...]

 By Jim Estrada It’s never too early to be thinking of Christmas and the attendant celebration that focuses on “Peace on Earth, goodwill towards men.” But it’s always timely to share with those around you the many contributions made to our nation’s cultural, economic and social mainstream by native-born and immigrant Latinos – especially during [...]

By Louis E.V. Nevaer New America Media MERIDA, Mexico – In less than nine months, Mexicans will go to the polls to elect a new president, and already the tantalizing question has set social media here all abuzz: Is Mexico ready to elect a woman?     Mexico has had a black president in Vicente Guerrero, [...]

Por: Paco Zavala     Han pasado ya diez años en que parte de las instalaciones del Antiguo Palacio Municipal de Tijuana, ubicado en calle Segunda y Constitución, fueron destinadas para albergar las instalaciones del Archivo Histórico de Tijuana, institución que a través del esfuerzo, tanto de la comunidad tijuanense, el Instituto Municipal de Arte y [...]

First Person: By Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez     If the local pub is viewed as the place to wind down, then the local Starbucks or café is the place designated to amp up.     I’m not sure if the proliferation of coffee places is a TV reaction to folks growing up seeing old school “cool [...]

By James Klein New York (KPRENSA) – The reputation and importance of artists from Latin America continues to advance in the modern and contemporary art world. Fifty carefully selected galleries set the pace for this growing trend during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, that recently concluded in New York.    [...]

By Michael Klam     “Mexican Modern Painting” from the Andrés Blaisten Collection has made its way to the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) from Tlatelolco via Phoenix, Ariz. Eighty paintings dated between 1907 and 1956 now grace the Balboa Park museum as part of a traveling tour.     From the turn of the 20th century [...]

A group of international scholars and writers will gather at UC Santa Barbara for “The Two Faces of Fiction,” the 14th annual colloquium on Mexican literature. The three-day event begins on Thursday, November 3 at UCSB’s Centennial House. The conference will continue Friday, November 4, in the graduate student lounge in the campus’s MultiCultural Center; [...]

Por: Paco Zavala     Cómo pasa el tiempo, pero ya pasaron 34 años en que fue inaugurada La Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana; el 15 de octubre de 1977 fue la fecha de este evento. En aquellos años contaba únicamente con las instalaciones de la antigua Escuela Alvaro Obregón, en la actualidad el Instituto [...]

I check the calendar; it is 2011, not 1511. I check the map… and not so sure where Arizona belongs. Commrntary: By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez    Justice. That’s a word not normally associated with Arizona. With Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his military tank still on the loose, this will not be changing anytime soon. [...]

Por Pablo Sainz     Esta semana inicia el Mes de la Herencia Hispana hasta el 15 de octubre.     Esta celebración inició en 1968 con la Semana de la Herencia Hispana durante la presidencia de Lyndon Johnson para después ser ampliada hasta un mes en 1988 por el Presidente Ronald Reagan.     De acuerdo al [...]

Story and Photo by David Avalos  Lead Muralist: Felipe Adame. Assistants: Glory G. Sanchez and Frank Galindo III. Contributing Artist: Guillermo Chavez Rosette. Specifications: Nova Color Acrylic Paint on original mural, 2 coats of Liquitex Gloss Medium Varnish, Permashield Sacrificial Graffiti barrier.    Though Vidal Aguirre died days after his fiftieth birthday in 1997, his [...]

“I was never in the mainstream, never in all my life. I was born on the margins, lived on the margins, and have always sympathized with the margins.  They make a lot more sense to me than the mainstream.” Shifra M. Goldman, September 1992  Shifra M. Goldman 1926-2011 By Carol Wells     Shifra Goldman, a [...]